Krzysztof Cwalina

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Simulated Covariance for .NET Generics: I just wrote this pattern, but I am not sure if I should add it officially to the Framework Design Guidelines. It seems like a bit of a corner case scenario, though I do get questions about it from time to time. Anyway, let me know what you think. Different Read More...
Posted 02 April 08 08:00 by kcwalina | 18 Comments
Filed under Design Guidelines, System.Collections, General API Design
Immutable Collections: I just saw an interesting post that talks about a general pattern of immutable reference types. Good read. I highly recommend it! At the end of the post the author suggests that we add “value object” generic collection to the BCL. It’s an interesting Read More...
Posted 22 November 05 01:28 by kcwalina | 4 Comments
Filed under System.Collections, General API Design
Why we don’t recommend using List<T> in public APIs: We don’t recommend using List<T> in public APIs for two reasons. List<T> is not designed to be extended. i.e. you cannot override any members. This for example means that an object returning List<T> from a property won’t be able to get Read More...
Posted 26 September 05 12:35 by kcwalina | 29 Comments
Filed under Design Guidelines, System.Collections, General API Design